Beginner Gardening: philodendron selloum, 0 by willaby

willaby wrote:
Hi Traci,

This plant is more like a tree with the trunk of itr being between 4 & 5 inches in diameter which makes it impossible to move any where. I am putting a picture of the plant, #1 which showes it before Freezing (It was beautifful), #2 which showes it after freezing (which is the Picture I posted), #3 is after I cut it back hoping that I have done the right thing. I am hoping that when Spring gets here the temperatures raise & sunshine happens that it will show new growth. I hope to get some suggestions.

My son & wife also cut off part of the plant with about 2' of the trunk before they went to California & I assume they could not bear to just throw out so they just put it on the ground . It had one sprout with long beautiful green leaves which also got hit with the frost. I am wondering if I just buried the cut off trunk in the ground, cut back the leaves with their stems if it would most likely start to grow?

My Grandaddy was apparently born in 1848 in England. His name was John Wesley Way which he changed to Freeman. My hobby is genealogy.

Bill Freeman